re how to pray, etc.

[David Morris]

--- thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet <tkrh at worldonline.dk> wrote:
> On 01/04/03 21:02, "David Morris" <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
<<<Such equal treatment of all religions is in the US Constitution.
I don't know if that's true of many European nations.>>>
> 
> Unfortunately not. The only European country I know of that's separated
> church and state is Sweden. However, from what I read I get the impression
> that in the US religion has far more influence on politics than here in
> Europe + that christian fundamentalism is a much more common phenomenon.

Many religious people are politically active, often more so that the average
guy because the religious zealot feels he's on a mission.  That said, no one is
preventing the average guy from being more active.  The bottom line is that no
religion is supposed to have an inherent political advantage, and the smallest
minority's beliefs (even those labeled as "cults") are protected against the
mob of the majority, at least ideally so.

David Morris

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